A Show with Jan Croteau Opening August 6

Jan Croteau will be filling the gallery with her expressive paintings for a solo show beginning August 6. She will have an opening reception that evening from 5:30-8:30.

Jan will also be offering workshops during her show, which will continue through August 21. Azure Rising Gallery will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 during Jan’s show.

Workshops on Rendering Life on the Page

Workshop 1  Thursday Aug 11, 6:30 to 8:30

Sketch book inspiration using pen, ink and watercolor. How to distill a scene quickly, capture a face or render a moment in time. We will also touch upon using our sketches as writing prompts. And how to make our voices shine on the page.

Workshop 2  Thursday Aug, 18, 6:30 to 8:30

Bring your sketchbook and learn how to tell your story using your art as a writing prompt. I will share my own writings and bring the paintings that inspired them. We will then write using our sketches as inspiration.

For more information on this artist, please visit her website: www.janhcroteau.com

Made in the Shade by Jan Croteau

 

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TRANSITIONS JULY SHOW

AZURE RISING TO HOST “TRANSITIONS”

OPENING JULY 9th 5—8pm

Join us at Azure Rising Gallery, 628 South Main Street, on Saturday July 9th from 5 to 8 for the opening of “Transitions”, a group show celebrating the concept of transformation and change.

Transitions: we all have them — small ones, big ones, traumatic and miraculous. The constant movement in our lives guarantees that we cannot avoid them nor would we want to.

Contributing Artists: Peter Abate, Barbara Bradley Rutz, Betty Brown, Sally Cornwell, Sally Fleming, Valerie Schurer-Christle, Emily Marsh and Corina Willette.

Gallery hours are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 12noon to 5pm and by appointment. There will be artist demonstrations through-out the month. Exhibition runs from July 9th through the 31st. You may also view the Azure Rising Gallery website, azurerisinggallery@wordpress.com, for more information.

Corina Willett

JUNE 11, CLOSING RECEPTION 5PM TO 8PM

greetings and well being from my gardens

Our current Artist GABE SMITH is giving a closing reception on JUNE 11 FROM 5PM TO 8PM

there will be refreshments and a LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE be GABE

come out for a great night of MUSIC, ART AND FUN

Instagram:@therealgabesmith

 

getting ready for Mother’s Day opening

getting ready for “WHITE”

getting ready for “WHITE”

W H I T E

 

Local artist GABE SMITH is a self-taught, non-traditional artist who uses a variety of mediums and surfaces, rarely using brushes, instead opting to use a vibrant combination of colorful spray paints, fluorescent acrylics, metals, plastics, L.E.Ds and wax. His work is universal and abstract in nature with a focus on space and time. Gabe explains his work this way: “Some of my work is created in a complex process of layering multiple paintings which include hidden parts that appear to glow, depending on the lighting of the room and time of day the piece is viewed. The show is called, “WHITE” and is dedicated to fans of my art and music that have been with me from the beginning of my career, people I call ‘Citizens of the Gray Planet’ who are just a little different and who struggle with many of the labels placed on them…they are in between – or Gray!”

Gabe concentrated on graphic arts at Spaulding High School and graduated in 2010. He competed in the Gutenberg Awards competition and won the award for Multi-color Lithography in 2009. Gabe has participated in the “Art at the Gafney” fundraiser for the past 6 years, donating a piece of work each year. Gabe spends most of his time at his studio in the lakes region working with the young people in the area who struggle with depression, heroin abuse and suicide. Bringing a positive message through his art and electronic music.

OPENING RECEPTION for WHITE

SUNDAY MAY 8th

MOTHER’S DAY  5-8pm

Gabe’s show will be featured throughout May at

AZURE RISING GALLERY, 628 Southmainstreet, Wolfeboro NH.
Bring your Mom!!
The Gallery will be open

Thursday trough Sunday from 12pm to 5pm

or by chance or appointment, call 603 520 0262

2016 YES, we will be open!!

FOR MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND  with “WHITE”

showing GABE SMITH’S work  

 

 

 

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THANK YOU

EMILY’S opening was a great success, thank you all for supporting her and showing up

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there is more happening during Emily’s show time:

meditation evening

JULY 10 – 31

Hope you all had a great independence-celebration!!

A reminder, this coming

FRIDAY, JULY 10 FROM 5PM – 7PM is EMILY MARSHES OPENING

Gallery hours : Wednesday, Friday 2pm to 6pm

Saturday 10am to 2pm

or by chance or appointment

603 630 1772

603 520 0262

also Emily’s friend Rebecca will lead us through a meditation on Thursday, July 16. @ 6pm

NEXT UP IS EMILY MARSHES SHOW

we are so happy to show Emily’s work!!

INVITATION TO HER SHOW

in the meantime the gallery is “gone fishing”  for 2 weeks, sorry about inconveniences

STARTING OFF THIS SUMMER WITH

VALERIE  SCHURER CHRISTLE

the oak, the ash and the thorn

is showing a selection of art at Azure Rising gallery,
June 4-14.
Well known for the wide range of media that she works with, Valerie has chosen to focus on just one medium for this show, fabric.
Cosy quilts, some subtle, others just dancing with color echo the traditional, yet feel contemporary with the joyful selections of patterns and color.
Valerie has been influenced by the paintings of Klimt and Schiele in her newest landscapes. Representations are digitilized, not by computer, but by Valerie translating the images on to graph paper then finding the right fabrics to represent trees, bushes and grass. These hand pieced patches (usually 1”square) are then quilted by hand, rendering another layer of texture to the work.
The artist questions herself, is this show a trunk show, a retrospective? It is true that there are pieces in the show that have been shown before, but it feels like a celebration of a craft to see so many pieces hanging happily together.
Valerie hopes that you will stop by and enjoy the show. She will be working on new pieces while gallery sitting.

Hours are Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11-4 from June 4-14.

For more information call 603 6301646

hand pieced and quilted